Two regular six-sided dice are tossed. Compute the probability that the sum of the pips on the upward faces of the two dice is the following. (See the figure below for the sample space of this experiment. Enter the probability as a fraction.) At most 5
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Answer:1/9Step-by-step explanation:The first die has 6 possible outcomes. For each outcome there are 6 possible outcomes for the second die. So the total number of combinations is 6×6 = 36.The possible combinations that are at most 5:1 and 4, 2 and 3, 3 and 2, 4 and 1So the probability is 4/36 = 1/9.